Bottle-stopper.



Y Patented' Sept. 4, |900.

C. H. SEE-LIG. BOTTLE STOPPER.

(Application led Jan. 31, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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@um 1511.51. I

' UNITED STATES 'PATENT OFFICE.

CARL H. SEELIG, OF WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HECTOR E.LYNCH, OF SAME PLACE.

BOTTLE-STPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 657,459, datedseptember 4, 190'0.

Application filed January 31, `1900. Serial No. 3,400. (No modeh)chusetts, have invented an Improvement in` Bottle-Stoppers, of which thefollowing description, in connection with the accompany` ing drawings,is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing likeparts.

My present invention is an improved antireillable bottle, my inventionrelating particularly to the stopper.

As is well known, attempts have been per` sistently made to provide adevice which would automatically prevent or 4hinder the refilling of thebottle after it had been once emptied of the genuine liquid with whichit was originally filled but most of these enterprises have met withindifferent success. My present invention provides a self-containedstopper of a plurality of parts, which when assembled may all beinserted into the neck of a bottleprovided therefor and automaticallyretained in proper position, said stopper having a valve of hollowconical form or funnel shape which permits the liquid to HOW out of thevessel readily, but automatically seats itself and prevents the returnor inflow of the liquid when it is attempted to refill the bottle orvessel.

Various constructional details are requisite to my invention, and thefollowing description sets forth fully and clearly the preferredconstruction thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings, Figure l is a central vertical section through abottle-neck provided with my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectionalperspective view of the stopper. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of thevalve and adjacent parts. Fig. 4 is a horizontal cross-section taken onthe line 4 et, Fig. l.

It will be understood that the bottle a, mainly broken away in Fig. l,may be of any shape or kind, the neck thereof being provided with upperand lower shoulders a a2, against which the stopper a3 proper its. Thisstopper is composed of an outer casing a4, of cork, containing a lining0,5, of metal or other tenacious substance,having at its ends flanges aa7 for holding the same in proper position stopper in order to retain itproperly.

on the cork. Adjacent its upper end are baffle-plates a8 or otherequivalent devices for preventing a tools being inserted for interferingwith the proper action of the stopper. At a suitable distance from thetop of the stopper I provide a valve-seat a, which may be fixed on thelining d5, or it may be provided at the upper end of a tube am, as shownin Fig. l, in which case it would have a lower 6o flange an, embracingthe lower end of the Secured in thel lower end is a cage or directingdevice als, (shown in detail in Fig. 3,) where it will be seen toconsist of a plurality of wires or rods connecting an upper ring 0.14and a lower band w15, this cage being provided for the purpose ofreceiving a chain or suspending device als, which supports a Weight @17,attached thereby to the lower apex 7o end of the valve als for seatingthe `latter and maintaining it firmly and centrally on its seat when thebottle is in proper position therefor. The valve als, which constitutesa principal novelty of my invention, is in the shape of a funnel or ahollow cone, the open flaring `mouth thereof being toward the mouth ofthe bottle, so that as the liquid flows out it will pass readily fromthe apex end over the sides of the cone and flow out past thebande-plates 8o as; but when any liquid starts to iow in the otherdirection or into the bottle the liquid at once flows into the hollowvalve and forces the latter' firmly and accurately against thevalve-seat a9, thereby eifectually closing the latter and stoppingfurther flow of the liquid downward into the bottle.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and-desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

l. In an antireillahle bottle, a stopper comprising a jacket having acentral tubular passage, means at the top of the passage for pre`venting access for interfering with the stopper, a valve-seat securedintermediately of 95 said passage, a valve mounted in said valveseat,said valve having a funnel shape with the open flaring mouth thereoftoward the mouth of the bottle, a seating-weight suspended from theinner apex end of the valve, Ioo and a cage or directing means securedin the lower part of said passage for properly maintaining said4suspended Weight centrally below the'yalve'wh'en4 the bottle is inupright position. V

2. In an antirefillable bottle, a stopper comprising a jacket having acentral tubular passage, means at the top of the passage for pre- 4venting access for interfering with the stopL per, a valve-seat securedintermediately of said passage, a valve mounted in said valveseat, saidvalve having a funnel shape with the open daring mouth thereof towardthe' mouth of the bottle, a seating-Weight suspended from the inner apexend of the valve, Y

and a cage or directing means secured in the" lower `part of. saidpassage `for vproperly maintaining said suspended Weight centrally belowthe valve when the bottle is in upright position, said cage having asmall annular upper portion and fiaring rod extending down- Wardlytherefrom to the bottom of said tubular passageY and secured in thelatter. v

In testimony whereof. I have signed my name to' this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses. y Y I, CARL H. SEELIG.

Witnessesi I JOHN C. EDWAnns,` LAURA T. MANIX.

